Month Published: November, 2019
Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community.
HOW DO WE GET THERE FROM HERE?
November 29, 2019
In a comment to one of my essays in this series, my friend Paul said this: “No quarrel from me with the abstract notion that a ...
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THANKSGIVING
November 22, 2019
Thanksgiving 1819 Central Connecticut, November 1819: The crops have been harvested and the fall canning is under way. Father is hurrying to finish repairs to house ...
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BUFFALO WANTS ME BACK
November 15, 2019
As some of you know, I was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. I haven’t lived there for nearly 50 years, but due to an ...
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WHY ONE LARGE CITY GOVERNMENT WOULD BE BETTER
November 8, 2019
The Human Cultural Laboratory Would the Hartford region be better off with one large core city of, say, 300,000 people than the current municipal structure of ...
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LET’S FACE IT
November 1, 2019
Did you see the New York Times article the other day about how Tulsa has proposed to divide its school system into several separate, free-standing school ...
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